![]() This book is like small dashes of awesomeness randomly sprinkled throughout long stretches of boredom. The closest parallel I can think of is Cashore's Graceling - another fantastic romance about a deadly heroine. ![]() It isn't exactly an adventure novel, so don't expect a fight on every page, but if you stick with it, it's well worth reading! I'd recommend it to YA fans, especially those with an interest in history. The novel is driven by mystery, romance and subtle skulduggery. Unfortunately for Ismae, one of the people she is sent to spy on (and possibly assassinate) is the first man she feels she might love. Soon she is plunged into a game of intrigue and villainy as the realm tries to maintain its independence from France. Our lethal heroine, Ismae, escapes a life of poverty and abuse by joining the convent. ![]() The old ways live on, however, especially among the daughters of Saint Mortain, who serve as the realm's assassins, killing those who need to be killed. The novel is set in an alternate realm of Brittany, where the local gods have been subsumed by Christianity and renamed saints. Hooked me with a great premise: medieval nun assassins who serve Saint Mortain, the god of death. ![]()
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